Susan Henry, LISW, LCSW
Iowa · 25 years in practice
Susan Henry is a licensed social worker with 25 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LISW, Iowa
- 083249 · expires December 2026
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC06163800 · expires August 2026
- LCSW, Nevada
- 11070-C · expires December 2026
- LICSW, Minnesota
- 33378 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1013580653 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Susan
Susan Henry is a licensed social worker with 25 years of clinical experience. She is an LISW and an LCSW practicing in Minnesota and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship challenges. Her style is warm and straightforward, with an emphasis on real-life coping skills.
Susan creates a welcoming, affirming space for people from diverse backgrounds, including LGBT individuals. She listens first, then helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
Sessions usually focus on small, practical steps clients can use between meetings. Her background blends talk therapy with evidence-based methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She also draws on Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches to address how early relationships shape current struggles.
This mix helps with grief, trauma, addiction, and mood concerns like depression and bipolar disorder. Susan often helps people facing parenting stress, caregiver burnout, chronic illness, or career challenges. She supports those coping with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, body image, and intimacy-related concerns.
Her work also includes support around ADHD, anger, and compassion fatigue. People who choose Susan tend to want a steady, collaborative therapist who speaks plainly and sets clear goals. She aims to help clients build better self-understanding and everyday tools for handling life’s hard moments.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time to meet.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Susan draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based methods in her remote practice. ACT helps people clarify what matters most and take small, committed actions toward those values; it can be helpful for anxiety, addiction, and life transitions. Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people develop healthier ways of relating and feeling safe in relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Susan talks with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggests techniques to try. Over the first few sessions she adjusts the plan so it fits how a person responds and what feels useful in everyday life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging are good for shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, or health needs while still using ACT and attachment-focused work in a practical way.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Susan works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and relationship and intimacy issues. She also supports people with parenting stress, career worries, and challenges like ADHD and depression.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, direct, and collaborative. She blends honest conversation with practical exercises people can use between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She has 25 years of experience working in counseling roles and brings long-term practice with diverse client concerns. That experience informs a broad, adaptable approach to care.
What credentials and location does she hold?
Susan holds LISW and LCSW credentials and practices in Minnesota. The credential abbreviations stand for Licensed Independent Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is pricing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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